Part III: Historical Context

15. History and Social Policy: David Gladstone
16. Nineteenth-Century Beginnings: Bernard Harris
17. The Liberal Era and the Growth of State Welfare: Noel Whiteside
18. The Post-war Welfare State: Robert M. Page
19. Crisis, Retrenchment, and the Impact of Neo-liberalism (1976–1997): Howard Glennerster
20. Modernization and the Third Way: Martin Powell